Since we are you talking about tests, we can easily run the tests on multiple C++ versions. But we have to start somewhere, so I propose to start with C++11. More C++ versions can be tested later.
Victor On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 5:54 AM <h.vetin...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > In terms of C++ version, it was proposed to target C++11. > > GCC 5 has full C++14 support (one library functionality missing), and so does > VS2015 onwards as well as Clang 3.4, see > https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/compiler_support > > I doubt that any older compilers are in use _anywhere_ in reasonable numbers > that this should constrain the development of CPython. > > While I don't know who proposed C++11 or where, I'd therefore like to propose > to move to _at least_ C++14. > > Note that https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2309 already bumped the > required C-standard to C11, and originally defined this as > > The C11 subset are features supported by GCC 8.5, > > clang 8.0, and MSVC of Visual Studio 2017. > > If those versions should be regarded as the lower bounds of compiler support > (are they - or anything lower - tested on the build bots...?), then C++17 > core language support would automatically fall out of this (there are some > stragglers for full stdlib support, especially in clang; but that is usually > not an issue). > > Best > H. > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/AGUI6B6W55TUXL6SA7KQQGPYYSRJNCFH/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ -- Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/O6GC3IWERSJCOYUUJQYEFO5NKR5DS6UI/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
